Building record MAB36239 - BARRY MILL

Grain mill, still in use, now owned by NTS and open to the public, and miller's cottage.

Grain mill, still in use, now owned by NTS and open to the public, and miller's cottage. Formerly known as Upper or Over Mill. The site is documented as a mill from 1539, although the present building was rebuilt in 1814 after its predecessor was destroyed by fire. It was re-equipped in the late-19th century, an extension was built in 1930 and the kiln height was reduced in 1940. It is an irregular three-storey meal mill built on an L-plan, constructed in sandstone rubble and slates. It has a symmetrical two-storey, three-bay entrance elevation to northwest, with a door in a full-width single storey lean-to range. There is small-pane glazing in timber fixed and sash and case windows, and a pitched and piended Angus stone slate roof. It comprises of a meal floor (basement), milling or stone floor (ground floor) and hopper or bin floor (attic), with an apsidal kiln (4.4 metre, or 14.4 feet, in diameter) and an enclosed water wheel. The kiln is an Angus-type semi-circular kiln with a conical roof and ventilator. It has a small brick fronted fire at the lower ground, and access to the kiln floor is at the ground level via timber steps. There are three kiln chutes at the first floor. The overshot wheel is 4.7 metres (14.4 feet) in diameter, built of iron and wood, and consists of 30 wooden buckets, each 0.92 metres (3 feet) wide. The pit wheel is by by Messrs Thomson, Son and Co. of Douglas Foundry, Dundee (possibly 1881). The teeth of the other main gears comprise of alternating metal and beechwood. It is enclosed in a lean-to wheel house on the gabled southwest three-storey elevation to the southeast of the mill. The pair of millstones are of French burr stone, crafted by Messrs J Smith and son, Edinburgh. A mill lade and dam run parallel to the burn. The lade was damaged in a flood in 1984, the cost of repair bringing production to a close. There is a miller's cottage to the southwest. It is single-storey, with three bays, and is constructed from snecked red sandstone rubble with roughly square dressings, some tooled. There is a small red brick two-bay extension. The original cottage has a centre timber door and fanlight, flanked by timber sash and case windows with a 12-pane glazing pattern. To the east of the mill is the Upper Barry Mill Bridge (NO53SW0117), a single segmental arch bridge, constructed of rubble and with dressed voussoirs, with keystones dated 1775. Over one of the keystones is a stone depicting a ploughman and horses.

Period Notes
Rebuilt in 1814 and documented as a mill since 1539. It was re-equipped in the late-19th century, an extension was built in 1930 and the kiln was reduced in height in 1940. The mill and bridge were listed on 11/06/1971. The mill was changed from a B listing to an A listing in 2009.

C/03908, C/03908 (Photograph). SAB23869.

C/03909/CN, C/03909/CN (Photograph). SAB21844.

C/03910, C/03910 (Photograph). SAB23870.

C/03911, C/03911 (Photograph). SAB21845.

C/03912/CN, C/03912/CN (Photograph). SAB23582.

C/03913, C/03913 (Photograph). SAB23871.

C/03914/CN, C/03914/CN (Photograph). SAB23583.

C/03915, C/03915 (Photograph). SAB23872.

C/03916, C/03916 (Photograph). SAB23873.

C/03917, C/03917 (Photograph). SAB23874.

C/03918, C/03918 (Photograph). SAB23875.

C/03919, C/03919 (Photograph). SAB21846.

C/03920/CN, C/03920/CN (Photograph). SAB23584.

C/03921, C/03921 (Photograph). SAB23876.

C/03922, C/03922 (Photograph). SAB23877.

C/03923, C/03923 (Photograph). SAB23878.

C/03924, C/03924 (Photograph). SAB23879.

C/03925, C/03925 (Photograph). SAB23880.

C/03926, C/03926 (Photograph). SAB21847.

C/03927, C/03927 (Photograph). SAB23881.

C/03928, C/03928 (Photograph). SAB23882.

C/03929, C/03929 (Photograph). SAB23883.

C/03930, C/03930 (Photograph). SAB23884.

C/03931, C/03931 (Photograph). SAB21848.

C/03932, C/03932 (Photograph). SAB23885.

C/03933, C/03933 (Photograph). SAB23886.

C/03934, C/03934 (Photograph). SAB21849.

C/03935, C/03935 (Photograph). SAB21850.

C/03936, C/03936 (Photograph). SAB23887.

C/03937, C/03937 (Photograph). SAB23888.

C/03938, C/03938 (Photograph). SAB23889.

Hume, JR, 1977, Industrial Archaeology of Scotland, 124-5 (Bibliographic reference). SAB730.

Rougvie, J, 1992, The Scotsman (Bibliographic reference). SAB11596.

Jan 1 2014 , UNK-GR-14-03-016, UNK-GR-14-03-016 (Ground Photograph). SAB21043.

Jun 21 2013 , AAS-GR-13-06-316 - 341, AAS-GR-13-06-316 - 341 (Ground Photograph). SAB34930.

Author unknown, n.d., THE COURIER, 03/05/14 (Bibliographic reference). SAB4000.

Author unknown, n.d., THE COURIER, 13/05/14 (Bibliographic reference). SAB4000.

Record last edited

May 9 2022 3:11PM